Chapter 4548 — Meeting Zhang Lifeng
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Had that longing not weighed so heavily on him, Wei Zhao would never have thought twice before spending a fortune at the Mid-Island auction to have the Central Chamber of Commerce send a letter. He did not know whether that letter had ever reached the mortal realm, nor whether he would ever receive the reply he had asked for. Cloud-Tier Island and the mortal world were two entirely separate worlds—word between them was faint as smoke.
And in that past year and a half, though Wei Zhao's strength had surged at least a hundredfold, his most crucial goal remained far out of reach. He had not even laid eyes on Zhang Lifeng, let alone found a way to save his beloved women. The thought filled Wei Zhao with profound dismay.
Still, it was not as though there had been no progress at all. At least Wei Zhao had forged a deep friendship with Cai Zhongxuan and Hou Guanqi, those two disciples of Zhang Lifeng—which is to say, he had opened a path to meeting Zhang Lifeng in days to come. All that remained was to wait for the right opportunity.
Beyond that, Wei Zhao had gained another piece of heartening news: intelligence that had leaked from the Central Chamber of Commerce. Every sign pointed to the same conclusion—that a two-way passage very likely existed between Cloud-Tier Island and the mortal realm! Those goods were proof enough!
Both of these things were vital to Wei Zhao. Zhang Lifeng meant the power to save lives; the two-way passage meant the way home to the mortal realm. So long as his strength was sufficient and he possessed both, every problem would unravel of its own accord.
Achieving both at once was easier said than done, of course—but at least Wei Zhao was no longer as lost as he had been at the start. So long as he could find the direction, with his heaven-spanning potential, one day it would all come true.
Wei Zhao lapsed unwittingly into brooding silence, and Ghost Thing's voice sounded in his mind, its tone oddly complicated for some reason. "Stop dwelling on things of no use. A passage back and forth between Cloud-Tier Island and the mortal realm does indeed exist—this I can tell you plainly. And that Zhang Lifeng you've been so set on finding—I actually know him!"
"What? You know him too, Senior? Then why have you never said a word about it all this time?" Wei Zhao stared in astonishment.
Finding Zhang Lifeng was his foremost and central task on Cloud-Tier Island; compared with it, everything else was passing cloud. It was only a pity that Zhang Lifeng—the Divine Healer and Sage Physician—was a legend who showed his head but never his tail. Even though Wei Zhao had spent so long on Mid-Island last time and was on such close terms with Cai Zhongxuan and the others, he had still never managed to meet the man. One could only say the opportunity had not yet come.
Never in his wildest dreams had Wei Zhao imagined that Ghost Thing, who spent every day and night in his jade pendant space at his side, actually knew Zhang Lifeng—and yet for so long had not breathed a single word of it. The old ghost could keep a secret tight indeed.
"Talk about what, exactly?" Ghost Thing snapped irritably. He paused a long while before explaining, his tone faint and rueful: "That old undying bastard and I had a fight once—things came to blows between us. I couldn't be bothered to bring the matter up with you, boy..." R1152